JayleneSlide @ JayleneSlide @lemmy.world

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How can I fix this???

Short of becoming a developer, I think the fix is participation in Linux communities. Participate in forums, create issues in relevant repos, and be the change you want to see in the world. I know that doesn't get you printing now, but we all need to put in a little work now to build the world we want. And if we all pull together rather than flex our egos, things will improve.

Downvoters, let the hate flow through you. The truth hurts, I know. And I love Linux. I try to convert everyone for whom it might be a good fit, but we need to come to grips with the usability issues.

Oddly, my Logitech mice are one of the things that just worked on my three Mint boxes. Did I just jinx myself?

Microwaves are the penultimate Norman Object (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Design_of_Everyday_Things). They could have a standardized UI (cue up obligatory XKCD "Standards"). Instead, every manufacturer does it differently and usually in obscure, unintuitive fashion, often differently from the same manufacturer. Do you enter the time or power setting first? Oh wait, pressing a number launches it straight into running. That part that looks like a door handle is not how one actually opens the door; press the door button first. So. Much. Hate.

Sure, this applies most of the time. My big rendering workstation and Asus laptop run Mint so flawlessly, I was kicking myself for not trying this sooner. My brand new Dell G16 7630 has been a special kind of hell with over two months of forum diving. The keyboard backlight is being a crackhead. The video drivers are a chaotic mess that I'm wary of updating lest my machine completely freezes/bricks for the ~20th time, necessitating a Timeshift.

So, yeah, Linux is great, but that is not everyone's experience. For me, it's only fully usable 66% of the time. I'm still going at it, but those are shitty numbers. We FOSS evangelists need to acknowledge that usability, end-user support, and compatibility are an utter shitshow for the average schmuck. Also, this meme is glowing radioactive evidence of the toxicity undermining the FOSS movement.

When we start taking ownership of all that AND fixing the experience, then we can finally have the Year of Linux on the Desktop. Or we can sit here, say "hurr durr, look at stupid end-user," and wonder why normies refuse to switch to Linux.

That is not what happened when I clicked on that button.

Go for a saunter, even if it's just out the front door.

Maybe you will, and I sincerely hope that is the case for you. However, there are many, many studies demonstrating that this is not the case for most humans.

1. It's all about power and control; money is merely the scorekeeping system
2. When people start accruing some power, in money form or otherwise, brain structure changes
3. Exceptions to this are the rarity
4. This is why humanity is stuck in the boom-bust doom loop for the history of civilization: a few people think they figured out the recipe to get all the power. They do the same shit that has been tried in the past, but somehow THIS time is going to be different for them. But it's not, and they end up in guillotines, whether literal or metaphorical. And the cycle starts all over again.

There are few exceptions to this doom loop, and the Salish Tribes leap to mind. They lived in balance with their lands and each other for at least 13500 years. Too bad they also got fuct by colonizers.

Example sources (but there are so many from which to choose):

• https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/11/people-who-focus-too-much-money-may-sacrifice-their-humanity
• Pretty good roll-up of conclusions across many studies: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10461512/

Holy. Fuck. I grew up on a farm. I've seen some shit; that just comes with the territory when livestock, heavy equipment, and farm implements are involved. Fly strike alone will have you napalming flying insects.

That video of the myiasis infection in the dude's nose...

<shiver>

Edit: I'm an idiot. Myiasis == fly strike. The species of fly is the variable.

That looks a lot like fugu. But I'm sure that shokunin prepared it properly!

Right there with ya, except I gave away all my consoles. Original 2600, 5200, Intellivision, NES, SNES, Game gear... on up through my two 360s. There were since esoteric ones in there, and some real stinkers: CD-i, 3DO leap to mind.

Yes please to the interviews! And as always, thank you so much for these! I always get a happy bounce when I see your banner appear in my feed.

seven MQ-9 drones shot down by the group over the past several weeks. The Houthis have brought down more than a dozen of the surveillance drones (emphasis mine)

Wow, something tells me the military had some editorial input on this article. In all kinds of materials, including General Moseley's own statements, the MQ-9 Reaper is a hunter-killer drone. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper)

The relationship correlation data makes a lot of sense if only from a bandwidth perspective.

Correct. I can definitively say "I don't know how this happened." But I do know it creeps me out and spurs me to speed up my privacy efforts.

@Marty_Man_X@lemmy.world and @TORFdot0@lemmy.world both make great points, both of which can certainly explain the sudden change in suggestions.

Anecdote: (a little background) I don't typically deal with narcissistic people; I'm not troubled by narcissists in my life. My tech life is pretty well locked down, but it could always be better (working on it). And my YouTube suggestions are tightly, carefully curated to topics pertinent to my professional and personal projects.

I had an utter piece of shit contractor working for me on a project; he was a grifting, conniving, manipulative shitbag. When I outright fired his ass, he first got all self-righteous then tried to play the victim, but I wasn't playing any of his games. My phone was sitting on the workbench next to me.

The next day, I opened YouTube because an engineer I know told me he dropped a new video on software we recently discussed. There among my suggestions were a bunch of videos on how to deal with narcissists. So somehow, in only talking with the contractor (he doesn't use email, text, or other electronic communications), YouTube decided I was curious about dealing with narcissism. I'm morbidly curious how YouTube made that decision, and whether it was audio or "we know you're associating with this guy who we identify as a problematic narcissist and here are some resources."

Now, I'm just some douchecanoe on the internet and you should probably dismiss me based on that alone. But GODDAMN, the data points sure do pile up quickly on how deeply we're being surveilled.

That temaki and maki actually look great! Where is this?

In my experience, AYCE restaurants are just not worth it, especially sushi. The ones that have decent quality are too expensive; I'm always much better off just ordering a la carte from a much higher quality restaurant. And all of the other AYCE restaurants have garbage quality.

But if there's an AYCE sushi restaurant that's cranking out those rolls, I'd gladly conduct further empirical testing!

Per your first comment, I played around with the Vowel Filter in Grid. That certainly does seem to be a factor! Thank you!

Thanks. I was aiming for the learning process. I want to be able to hear or imagine a sound and then start linking up the oscillators and filters to get that specific sound. My end goal is to be all like... oh, take a square wave modulated by a sawtooth with a 4-pole notch here tumble-dried with an LFO insert, then hit the unison with muffler bearings and blinker fluid. Bam, There's the sound I wanted. But with less nonsense.

Our stoned faves:

• Mario Kart 8
• Watch "Stop Making Sense"
• Painting party - get a giant canvas and paint a cohesive image together
• Leftover Voltron - try to come up with the tastiest, most novel, most colorful food combos from the grazing spread that was set out
• Guess that candy flavor - blind taste test Skittles, gummy bears, etc, and correctly guess which color
• Current event punchlines - get into a serious analysis on a topic, then summarize or come up with a hilarious metaphor for what you described

"Ask your doctor about tacos." https://youtu.be/zYpuuLLKQx4